I use Colemak and occasionally one-handed Dvorak (when I'm having RSI issues in one hand or the other), but my keys are laid out QWERTY. Move the keys, and touch typing becomes much more difficult because you lose your "homing bumps" at the f and j positions. Also, learning a new layout is easiest with a diagram floating on the screen, not by trying to look through your fingers at the keyboard.
I am another Colemak user. I use a Truly Ergonomic keyboard on my desktop, and having to look at the keyboard because of the odd placement of enter, tab, quotes, etc. absolutely kills my throughput compared to my laptop.
Interesting. I had not seen that kind of keyboard before. Seems like having "b" on the left hand would also be distracting, but maybe that's how other people type.
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I use Colemak and occasionally one-handed Dvorak (when I'm having RSI issues in one hand or the other), but my keys are laid out QWERTY. Move the keys, and touch typing becomes much more difficult because you lose your "homing bumps" at the f and j positions. Also, learning a new layout is easiest with a diagram floating on the screen, not by trying to look through your fingers at the keyboard.
I am another Colemak user. I use a Truly Ergonomic keyboard on my desktop, and having to look at the keyboard because of the odd placement of enter, tab, quotes, etc. absolutely kills my throughput compared to my laptop.
Interesting. I had not seen that kind of keyboard before. Seems like having "b" on the left hand would also be distracting, but maybe that's how other people type.